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BOUND BROOK 

THE PLACE TO 
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COPYRIGHT. 1909. THE NATCON PRESS 
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BOUND BROOK THE PLACE 
TO DWELL 

IX these days when new parks and manors and real estate 
schemes of various kinds are Ijcing- started with astonishing 
rapidity it is positively refreshing to come upon a place that has 
been upon the map long enough to have a history and a character 
of its own — a place of traditions and individuality. Residence in 
a new place means being a pioneer with all the discomforts that 
that word suggests. The wise man who wants to live in peace 
and comfort lets the other fellow do the pioneering and selects 
as the place for his home the town which is already settled, not 
a town which is going to be, but one which is, one which has been 
tried and found worthy. If he is a New York, or a Newark or 
a Philadelphia man, his home must be within easy reach of the 
city in which he does his business or carries on his profession. 
By easy he means within a reasonal)le distance and with a com- 
fortable means of transportation. He wants to live in a place 
that is well equipped with those facilities which make living easy. 
He wants good streets and sidewalks. He must have good lights 
and a good sanitary system. He wants shade trees and he wants 
an abundant water supply. Good schools, libraries and churches 
are a necessity. The wise man says, "My home must be where 
these things are established — I am willing to maintain, to ex- 
tend and to improve them, but life is too short for me to go to 
a new or raw place and establish them." A place that has these 
things established has shown that it has a reason to exist and 
is worth investigating and is worth living in. In addition to 
these things the wise man further requires that his home should 
be in a healthy neighborhood, that the landscape should be not 
only beautiful but varied and that the surrounding countrv be 
also attractive and suitable for the expansion of the town which 
he is selecting for his home. He wants to live in a place that 
not only was alive a hundred years ago but that is alive and 
growing to-day. One might well say that the wise man's quest 



was a ^•ain one if he expected to find all of these requirements 
combined in one community. Admit this but one must also ad- 
mit that if such places exist they are worth looking for and if 
found they are worthy of the search. 

This book is published to help the searchers and to be a guide 
to the wise. It cannot point out the way to all of the delectable 
places for fortunately there are many happy communities where 
men dwell together in comfort and happiness which meet some 
of the requirements set forth but the publishers know of none 
more worthy of the search or which unites so many of the advan- 
tages as the place whose name appears upon the title page "Bound 
Brook— the Place to Dzvell." 

In the first place Bound Brook is an old town. It was settled 
in 16S3. More than two hundred years ago the Sheriff of 
New York City had his farm on the Raritan River and his coun- 
try house stood upon the site now occupied by Mr. George La 
]\Ionte whose beautiful home with its spacious lawms and garden 
is one of the most attractive places in the State. It presents 
more the air of a Virginia estate than of a suburban home, yet 
it is so near to New York that for more than two centuries it 
has siven rest and comfort to its various owners whose business 
lives have been spent in the metropolis. The La Tourette House, 
a view of which adorns this book as the frontispiece, is another 
of the old Bound Brook houses. This house was the headquarters 
of Baron Steuben during the Revolutionary War and is one of 
the most interesting and best preserved of the Colonial houses 
still in existence. The old Boise house on the Raritan Ri\er is a 
quaint specimen of Dutch architecture. The family bought the 
land from the Indians and has continued in uninterrupted posses- 
sion ever since. The old Fisher Ta\-ern in the western end of the 
town is another one of the Revolutionary buildings and has been 
visited by many antiquarians from all over the country. These 
places are only mentioned to show the unusual historic interest 
which attaches itself to Boimd Brook. 

This is not the time to recall the Revolutionary history of 
this reci'in but everv inch is historic ground. \\'ashington twice 



encamped with liis army uii the hillsitle jusl norlh i>\ \hc town 
and "the Revolutionary records contain many imporiani letters 
written by him while here. The site occupied by the Revolution- 
ary Army was ])urchase(l a few years ago l)v one of Bound 
Brook's patriotic citizens and deeded l)\ him to the W'ashino-ton 
Camp Ground Association, and here on each Fourth of July 
ixatriotic exercises are held which are largely attended bv people 
from all the surrounding country. Time and space will not per- 
mit further reference to the past, especially as this article is 
prepared for the present and hir the future. 

Judged by the requirements of the wise man. how does Bound 
Brook appeal to him? It is an established community; it has a 
history and traditions of its own : it is not like a thousand other 
places, but it possesses peculiar interest on account of its own 
past. It is accessible. The Central Railroad of New Tersey is 
known as the commuter's favorite road. The equipment of its 
trains is unsurpassed and they arrive and depart on time. Bound 
Brook is situated at the junction of the Philadelphia & Reading 
Railway with the New Tersey Central and has the full advantage 
of the express service by which New York City is reached in 
fifty minutes and Philadelphia in an hour and a quarter. Newark 
can not only be reached by the Central Railroad but also bv the 
Lehigh \'alley. and in this way Bound Brook to-dav has the use 
of the McAdoo tunnels and "three minutes from Jersev Citv to 
Broadw-ay" is a fact and not a dream. Eighty passenger trains 
a day means a practically unlimited service. The writer of this 
article recently made a study of the time tables of other railroads 
and they will convince the wise man that Bound Brook is more 
advantageously situated as far as train service is concerned than 
any other town w'ithin commuting distance of either New York or 
Philadelphia. The resident of Bound Brook can go and come 
when he chooses. 

How about those public utilities which make living easy, com- 
fortable and health)? A town two hundred years old must per- 
force have beautiful shade trees. The streets are established and 
I)y easy grades lead up from the depot to the hills and ])lateaus 



upon which the comfortal)le homes of tlie residents are Imilt. 
The natural formation of the ground made it possible a number 
of years ago to establish a perfect sewer system and the Bound 
Brook Water Company supplies an abundance of water from 
mountain springs supplemented by artesian wells. The Public 
Service Corporation provides gas and electricity and also trolley 
connections with all of the adjacent towns. 

More than one hundred years ago Michael Field left a sum 
of money for the free school system which is to-day one of Bound 
Brook's chief attractions. Four splendid school buildings includ- 
ing the magnificent new Washington High School on Union Ave- 
nue indicate Bovmd Brook's interest in education. 

Enough has been said to show that the Bound Brook of to- 
day is wide awake and fully alive to its present opportunities and 
the wise man can here find others of like mind ready to co-operate 
for the further development of its already existing- institutions. 

Nature has done nuich for Bound Brook situated as it is on 
the great bend of the Raritan River at the base of the Watchung 
Mountain. The Green Brook (or the Boundary Brook) on the 
east, the picturesque Chimney Rock Brook on the west make a 
beautiful setting. The drives in the immediate neighborhood 
through mountain gorges or along the river banks are of rare 
beauty and are continually luring the wise to establish their coun- 
try homes outside of the town limits. 

Where there are so many beautiful homes it would be in- 
vidious to make comparisons but the illustrations in this book 
will give a partial idea of what exists here. 

Bound Brook has only one invitation to the wise man, "Come 
and see" — and is willing to abide by his verdict. 




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THE IDEAL TOWN 

By Ex-Mayor Ricitard II. P.rokaw 

OUND BROOK is in ilic full enjoyment of all the neces- 
sary conveniences at a niiniiiuim cost of taxation, the rate 
this year heino- only $1.70 on the ^i(x\ while our neighboring 
mnnicipalities are being charged from 25 to 50 per cent. more. 

I most earnestly and conscienfiunsK- sav to the home-seeker 
who can api)reciale the ])nre air nf I leaxen, the j)ure water of 
the earth, and every facilit\' for ra])id transportation to stop and 
consider the cjuestion seriously, why not locate in liound Brook? 
Give our local advantages for a moment the same thought vou 
would your business affairs and consider thoughtfullv what we 
are prepared to ofifer: the purest water, best gas. electric light, 
sewer system, sanitary conditions, carefully supervised bv a most 
intelligent local board of health, which explains our healthful con- 
dition. Cluirches of all denominations with clergymen who are 
gentlemen of culture both socially and mentally. Public schools 
equal to any in the country. Parochial school equally as com- 
mendable. A country clul) owning its pretty club house, golf 
links, tennis courts, where these outdoor exercises may be in- 
dtilged, as well as indoor functions enjoved. 

Right here I feel proud in asserting that those who come 
here, remain, and those who find it necessary to go awa\' are 
glad to return. Nearly every day 1 have it repeated to me bv 
some one I happen to meet, ■"Well! 1 am glad to get back to 
Bound Brook," or "I made a mistake in moving away from Bound 
Brook." The facts are when you pay v'fi./O taxes on $100 assessed 
valuation of property in Bound Brook, you get $1.70 worth of 
actual results. 

Possessing, as we do, all the essentials of a thoroughly 
equipped borough, we invite the seeker of health, comfort and 
convenience to consider \ery intelligently what Bound Brook 
possesses before deciding upon a location, either residential or 
for manufacturing. 



BOUND BROOK AND THE YOUNG 
HOUSEHOLDER 

THE young married couple is proverl)ially supposed to find 
contentment with love in a cottage on a diet of bread and 
cheese and kisses — a euphemism for small income and large hopes 
Real estate promoters the country over are wont to prey upon 
these young- couples who in their eagerness to settle down hu\- 
houses that were merely made to sell. 

"Seven rooms and l>ath, electric lights, beamed ceiling and 
wainscoted dining-room, pergola-porch," etc., etc. — how familiar 
it all sounds to those who have hunted through the advertising 
Images of the Sunday papers; glittering bait, forsooth, to tempt 
the voung housekeepers. A pergola-porch if cleverly designed 
and rightlv placed is a joy; but it is not as essential as properly 
planned bedrooms, for examjile. But little cares the conscience- 
less builder whether there is space enough in which to put a bed 
without projecting over a window opening. What cares he if the 
rattling windows leak in cold air faster than the inadequate fur- 
nace supplies warm! He will put red burlap on the hall and 
showv chandeliers, and leaded glass in the front door — all of 
which costs less than careful building, and it sliozvs! 

Buying a readv-to-live-in house on the installment plan in a 
popular suburb is usually an expensive, often a ruinous, invest- 
ment. 

Buildiii!:: your cn^'ii lioiiic through the local building loan 
association is, in nine cases out of ten, the l)etter way. 

The wise young couple do not build or buy until they have 
lived in a town at least a season. It is better to lease for a year 
a not altogether adequate house by way of frying the place and 
during that year learn by actual experience the number and ar- 
rangement of rooms recjuired and the general character of archi- 
tecture that most appeals. 

Six months to test the town ; six months to build your home, 
isn't a bad plan to follow. 



In choosint;- a place of residence tlie first essentials to con- 
sider are : Distance from the husband's place of business, health 
fulness, the social aspect of the town, price of property, cost of 
building, and convenience in marketing. 

It is a large statement to make, yet easily demonstrated, thai 
Bound r>ro(ik lias more to offer youn^ housekeepers than any 
other town within commuting distance of New York. 

Bound Brook is a "slow" town in the better sense of the 
word. It has been slow and healUiful in its growth; and its 
growth has been in the right direction. 

The superb train service — the best that tajis Xew ^'ork, 
carries the Bound Brookers to and from the city in fifty-five 
minutes; the way trains take fifteen minutes longer. In these 
fifty-five minutes the New York business man is carried far to the 
southwest so that he gets an absolute change of air each night — 
fine dry air that has made this part of Jersey a Mecca for New 
York and Brooklyn people suffering with throat trouljle. Bound 
Brook is just ten minutes ride beyond Plainfield and in that extra 
ten minutes the commuter is carried beyond the mosquito zone. 

Immunity from the mosquito plague is not the least of 
Bound Brook's attractions. In that ten minutes ride. also, you 
are carried from a thicklv settled suburban district into real 
countr}-. 

Revolutionary Bound Brook, with its tree-arched streets, 
with W'atchung Mountain on the north and the Raritan River and 
Canal on the south and the four brooks that give it name, is as 
attractive as an old New England town. 

Like many another of the older towns, Bound Brook puts 
its worst foot foremost ; the shops center around the depot — an 
antique structure which the Central Railroad of New Jersey has 
promised to replace in the near future with something more be- 
fitting the attractiveness and importance of the town. 

There is nothing "swagger" about Bound Brook society, but 
the householders, very largely made up of }oung married people, 
are for the most part unusually desirable neighbors. Bound 
Brook is not a town to attract flashy peo])le. It is popular, how- 



GANO & BYER 
The Central Grocers 



Chase & Sanborn Teas and 
Coffees a Specialty 



Cor. Main St. and Maiden Lane 

Voorhees Bldg. Bound Brook, N. J. 



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ever, with those who are en- 
gaged in the serious business 
of raising a family. Rents are 
unusuallv low in Bound Brook 
and desirable building lots are 
undoubtedly cheaper at this 
time than they ever will be 
again now that the influx to 
Jersey from New York has 
begun in earnest. Young 
housekeepers will tind many little luxuries cheaper here than in 
most places ; for example, hack service to any point in the borough 
is only fifteen cents a person. The markets are no cheaper than 
elsewhere, but as they are largely supplied by the farmers of the 
neighborhood, one gets native-grown fruits and vegetables that 
are fresher and usually better than in the city. 

So far building in Bound Brook has proved to be less expen ■ 
sive than most places in the East, the town not yet having become 
unionized to the extent of bigger places, like Plainfield, for 
example. As a rule, general living expenses, as well as the pre- 
\-ailing rate of wages, are determined by the average income of the 
inhabitants. As Bound Brook is largely populated by people of 
merelv moderate incomes the cost of living to-day is distinctly 
less than most towns of its size and importance. This advantage 
to present homeseekers cannot last much longer at the present 
rate of growth. Yet for those who settle and build in Bound 
Brook now will come substantial reward in the near future. 



A. S. DURLING 

CONTRACTOR FOR ARTESIAN WELLS AND 
WATER SUPPLY 

BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

THE DRILLED WELL IS THE ONLY SAFE AND SANITARY 
MEANS OF SECURING A NEVER FAILING SUPPLY OF WATER 



A superb liii^Ii school, just opcucd, has given ample school 
;iccommodations. Tu addition there are several line private 
schools in Plaintield that may l)e (piickly reached hy team or 
trolley. 

As to table supplies, there is a model dairy farm on the edgx 
of the town, a large chicken farm, and one farm close by is noted 
for its superb strawberries, not to mention the up-to-date village 
shops. 

Outdoor diversions include Ixiating on the Raritan Ri\er 
and up and down the canal, with its quaint old locks. Everv fisher- 
man has heard of Raritan River shad ! There are no more beati- 
tiful drives near New York than one may find within ten miles of 
Bound Brook. The Middlebrook Countrv Club offers both eolf 
and tennis. An addition to the club building now under way will 
include bowling alleys and a large auditorium for big dances, 
amateur theatricals, etc. Every season the club gives a series of 
dances and a series of monthly entertainments, including lecture 
by men and women of note. In addition there are the Saturday 
afternoon teas. 



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POSTAL FACILITIES 

BOUND brook's Post Office is one of the institutions of 
which the townspeople are justly proud, it being centrallv 
located in a new building erected especially for the purpose and 
newly ecjuipped with every modern facility for the prompt hand- 
ling of mail. 

Seven mails are received daily from New York and nine 
are despatched to the same city, with frequent mails also between 
points south and west. 

City carriers make three collections and two deliveries dailv 
throughout the town, with a fourth collection and third deliverv 
in the so-called business section. 

Two rural routes extend for miles out into the country, so 
that whether you live in town or on a farm you have in Bound 
Brook and its vicinity the best that Uncle Sam gives to any 
communitv. 




riii'tos hti I\ 'V- Suttun, Hound Brook. 

(1) Runyon Field. (2) Est. W. B- Robeson. (3) A. S. Hearn. (4) Dr. J. T. Robinson. 




Photos by F. G. Sutton, Bound Brook. 

(1) L. 5. Soche. (2) G- M. La Monle. (3) Wenonah Drive. (4) C. W. Sweeny. 



WHAT WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR 
BOUND BROOK 

By Mrs. Gertrude L. Phelps 

THE advantages of Bound Brook as a place of residence can 
not be equalled by any town on the New Jersey Central 
R. R. It is an ideal place for families, as the public schools arc- 
good and are improving every year. A fine new high school 
costing over $60,000 has just been completed and there will 
now lie nothing to hinder the carrying out of the progressive 
plans of work in the minds of the principal and teachers. The 
new building has all the most approved appliances in ventilation, 
heating and plumbing, and the children who will use it are to be 
congratulated. 

Another educational feature of the town is the Free Library, 
owned and managed b\- the Woman's Literary Club and Free 
Librarv Association. The comfortable home of the library, pre- 
sented to the club and kept in repair by a generous and pulilic 
spirited citizen, is situated near the centre of the town and con 
tains pleasant, airy rooms in which an ever-increasing supply of 
books is to be found. The reading room is furnished with a good 
selection of periodicals, and is largely patronized, while the ad 
joining children's room, charmingly fitted up, and filled with books 
and pictures, the joy of many young people and little ones — is in 
constant use. 

Though the librar}- is the greatest responsibility which the 
members of the W. L. C. have to carry, they have various other 
interests of a literary and educational nature. Weekly meetings 
from November to May are well attended. At these meetings a 

AD _J R.„nlr P..>rr. Pn.. I^lo Bound Brook. N. J.. 199 88 acres $6000 Ready for 

DOUna DrOOK rarm ror Oaie. Cccupancy, Ea.y Term., two horses, 4 good ows; <o 
chickens, geese. 4 pigs, new machinery, tools, wagons, and a lot of hay, corn, oats, potatoes, etc.. will be 
thrown in free with this rich, well located farm: near neighbors, schools, churches, stores, easy drive to 
village and only 'our miles to railroad station : cuts 30 tons hay : big general farm crops : lots of wood 
and timber, including large number red cedar posts: apples, pears, cherries, currants, blackberries, 
raspberries; 9-rooni house, piazza, painted ; water in house : big new barn, several outbuildings, all in 
excellent condition: fine shade, delightful view Watchung ^'alley : aged owner must sell and will 
include everything for on'y Sf^ono : half cash : easv terms. See Stt'iut's Farm Hu\ers' (luide, Xo. 27, page 
115. copy free. E A. STROUT CO.. 47 W 34th St.. New York. J. J. MAIER. Agent, Bound Brook. N. J. 



prograninio nt lilcrarv or historical inlcrest is carried out. and 
excellciU papers arc read by the nienihers. 

There is also a Tnwii Ini|)ro\iMiu'nt Coinniillce which tries lo 
further ])lans for the hetternieiit of the imiiiici]iality in \-arious 

ways. 

The natural advantages of P.ound Brook have lately been 
supplemented by the best thiui^s civilization can devise. The 
l)leasant situation of the town on the l)anks of the Raritan, with 
the W'atchung- Mountains in the background, the wide, shaded 
streets lined with good homes, the good service of water 
and light, the m.icadamized streets, the absence of mosciuitoes, 
the trolleys connecting with New Brunswick, Somcrville and the 
main line to New York, the excellent train service of the New 
Jersey Central — all gi\e everything desirable for a residence 
town. 



THIS BOOK: ITS PURPOSE 

4ir>OUND BROOK, THE PLACE TO DWELL," is pub- 
U lished by citizens of Bound Brook for the purpose of 
advertising legitimately and truthfttlly their community life. 
The Board of Trade is the patron of the project, but the 
financial possibility was brought about through the enterprise 
and pttblic spirit of local merchants and those industries actually 
operating in Bound Brook. No better conception of the abiding 
faith and pride in this special locality can be derived than from 
a critical studv of the advertising' pages in this liook. Botmd 
Brook owes a debt of gratitude to these men and one w hich dotibt- 
less will eventuallv be repaid. The articles are from the pens of 
permanent resident.s — not real estate boomers, bttt citizens who 
reside here because they find herealiout an environment in keep- 
ing w'ith their home ideals. The illustrations are true in every 
detail — photographic reproductions of Bound Brook as it really is. 
In the compilation of this little volume there has never been an 
inleiuion of exaggeration — a visit to Bound Brook will bear wit- 
ness to this assertion. Bound I-Jrook is a good place to dwell in; 
those residing there api)reciate this and take this method of con- 
vincinsf others of their untlas'e'im'" devotion. 




Pliolos hti F. G. Button. Bound Bnotc. 

(I) IV. H. Dunham. (2) S. R. Kcho. (3) H. F. Gillespie. (4) E. H. Caslerlit 




I'holos hu F. <:. Sulloil. Bmiiiil ISi'u.l; 



(1) David Haslings. (2) W. H. Whiling. (3) Edward Clark- (4) E. H. Radel. 



pounti ^voak J^ational ^ank 

ON MAIN STREET 

Snbiteg ©our panfeing patronage 



3^2 

per cent. 

Compound 

Interest 



in 



Savings 
Department 




Open 

Monday Nights 

7 to 8 

O'clock 



The most liberal 
considera t i on 
givento all classes 
of depositors. 
Safe Deposit 
Boxes rented 
from one dollar a 
year up. A call 
will be appreci- 
ated. 



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W. H. BACHE, Pres. 



E. H. RADEL 
M. F. WIRTZ 



Vice-Pres. R. H. BROKAW, Cashier 



THEY COME, THEY SEE, THEY 

STAY 

By Geokcic M. La Monte, Esq. 

I 11. WE lived in I'.uuiul I'.rodk so lung' tliat i ihouglu I was 
l)rejiidiced in its favor. l)ut llic experiences which I have had 
latelv have shown nic that ni_\- fear of heing too enthnsiastic may 
]ia\e led nie to he too conservative in e.\i)ressing- its advantages 
as a place in which to live. 

Last spring- a friend of mine (a confirmed urhanite) came 
to nie and said he was thinking of hecoming a suhurhanite if he 
could only find a place that suited his ])ecnliar reriuirements. He 
had been up to Connecticut, and had \isited \arious places in 
New Jersey (it would not be fair to say u|)on wliat railways) 
but he had not yet found the ideal i)lace. T saitl, "Come with me 
to Bound Brook."' So one da\- we walked to the foot of Libert \- 
Street, crossed the river on the ferryboat "Bound Brook" (and I 
did not miss the opportunity of calling his attention to the name), 
boarded one of the many express trains of the Central Railroad 
of New Jersey, and in fifty-three minutes from the time we left the 
New York side were at the station in r)Ound r>rook. W'c then 
took a little tour around Bound Brook in an automobile, and my 
friend was filled with enthusiasm with everything tli;il he saw. 
His wife, who was with us, shared this enthusiasm, and in less 
than an hour after reaching Bound Bri»ok ihey had made up 
their minds that this was the placf , of all others they had seen, in 
which thcv wished to live. 

The next question was to find a house, and here was the 
difficult}-. The demand for hou.'~es in Bound Brook for years 
has exceeded the supply. Just ar- fast as houses are built they 
are immediately occupied, either by comnuUers, who want to try 
the country for a while, or by those who are willing to purchase 
immediately. We called on every real estate agent in the place, 
and at the moment there was not a vacant house, but this did not 



ESTABLISHED 1888 



THE 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

OF BOUND BROOK 



Capital, $50,000.00 

Surplus and Undivided Profits '^"""^'- $65,000.00 

Savings Department pays 3 '-' per cent, interest 
Safe Deposit Boxes for rent, $1.00 per year 
Open Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock 



George La Monte, President w w « n ^'*^^ P""^^- 
H. G. Herbert, Cashier 



DIRECTORS 

George La Monte A. S. Coriell Gaius Hoffman W. W. Smalley 

Peter J. Staats H. G. Herbert Geo. M. La Monte 

David Hastings Samuel H. Miller 



Total Resources Feb. 6, 1905, $344,000.00 

Total Resources Feb. 5, 1906, $422,000.00 
Total Resources Feb. 5, 1907, $503,000.00 

Total Resources Feb. 11, 1908, $575,000.00 
Total Resources July 13, 1909, $700,000.00 



daiiii)cn the ciuliusiasin of my friends, and when ihey left me llial 
day the parting- injunction was, ''Get any house you can for us 
and we will he satisiied, for we are going to live in Hound iirook 
and nowhere else." 

I llnall\- did get a house for them and they moved out. think- 
ing that the\- would he willing to try it until the fall of the year, 
rind then the\- would ha\e to go back to Xew \'ork for the winter. 
Well, thev went hack to New- ^'ork for the winter, and I ran 
across them everv once in a while, and the htirden of their song- 
was, "How soon can we get hack to Bound Ih-ook? We did not 
think we would want to go back there tmlil the middle of Ai)ril, 
and we have rented our house for the winter and if we cotild onh- 
get i)osscssion of it we would go there ;it once."" This is one case. 

Another case is of a voung man who visited Bound Brook 
for the tirst time with me receiuly. This young man has 
the Long Island hal)ii. In the summer time it takes him from an 
hour and three-quarters to two hours to reach his summer home. 
W'e arrived at Bound Brook, as usual, in less than an hour from 
New York. A short drive of one mile from the station brought 
us to the foot of the W'atchung Mountain, and we spent the day 
tramping over that beautiful hill. I did not have to supply him 
with any enthusiasm; he gave it to me. It was a revelation to 
him that within such a short distance of Xew York City you 
could be carried into so beautifitl a country, that you could really 
get into the mountains and enjoy genuine mountain scenery with 
the ease and luxury with which Bound Brook could be reached. 

In other words, my friends have just found out for me that 
when I live in Bound Brook I am living in Paradise and that [ 
travel on the cleanest and quickest road that leaves New York. 

When I get to the end of my journey I am in the midst of a 
beautiful rolling coitntry, l)acked by a beautiful mountain; the 
scenery is magnificent; the air is perfectly pure and sweet; the 
Raritan River drains the \-alle}- and affords opportunity for canoe- 
ing and boating, and everything that goes to make country life 
desirable and attractive is to be found here — and it is all less than 
sixty minutes from Broadway. 









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A GROUP O? THE FARM BUILDINGS 

PIEDMONT FARM 

PIEDMONT FARM is one of the attractive places near Bound 
Brook. It is situated just north of the town at the foot of the 
Mountain. Originally purchased by Mr. George M. La Monte as a 
stock farm, the town is rapidly encroaching upon it and in the not dis- 
tant future its fertile fields must be turned into the lawns of beautiful 
homes. At the present time Bound Brook's chief supply of pure milk is 
produced by the Piedmont Herd of registered Guernseys. The dairy 
equipment is thoroughly modern and is second to none in the State. 




A VIEW OF THE FARMHOUSE 



FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

BOUND BROOK'S linancial inslitulidus arr imi many, Ijul 
ihev have been pre-eminently snecessful. The oldest is 
the First National IJank of lionnd IJrook. which was started 
twenty-one years ago. Its first president, IMr. George LaMonte, is 
still its president, which indicates the continuity of managenient 
from its formation until the ])resent time. This bank started with 
a capital of $50,000, fully paid in, and has during its existence 
accumulated more than $65,000 in surplus and undivided profits, 
and has paid to its stockholders in the same length of time more 
than $60,000 in earned di\-idends. It occupies a handsome and 
commodious home of its own on Hamilton Street. 

The Bound Brook National Bank on Main Street, while 
not as old an institution as the First National, is fast pushing to 
the front through progressive yet consistent banking methods. 
Its officers are well known and highly esteemed local men who 
are identified with e\ery movement looking toward the advance- 
ment of Bound Brook and safeguarding the integrity of their 
institution. Its officers are: President, ^^'. H. Bache; Vice- 
Presidents, E. H. Radel and j\I. F. Wirtz : while Ex-AIayor Rich- 
ard H. Brokaw fills the position of Cashier with grace, tact and 
faithfulness. The home of this institution, on Main Street, is 
a handsome and imposing structure. 

The third financial institution which should be spoken of in 
this connection is the Bound Brook Building Loan Association, 
which was incorporated in 1887. During the twenty-two years of 
its existence this Building Loan has collected from its members 
about $800,000, and so careful have the Directors been in making 
their loans that during all that length of time it has not been 
found necessarv to foreclose a single mortgage, and only one piece 
of property has been taken over. Such an institution as this ap- 
peals, of course, to a large number of people, which is evidenced 
by the fact that there are now 4,000 shares in existence belonging 
to 556 members, and 657 pass books are out, and about $600,000 
of the monev which has been paid in has been reinvested in homes. 



W. S. FRANKLIN, President 



F. STbSSY, Jr.. Secretary 



CREIGHTON MANOR 



Bound Brook 
New Jersey 

Choice sites for 
Cottages and Bungalows 

Lots $100. to $300. 
Cash, or easy payments 

Location, high, dry, 
healthful 

Beautiful mountain scenery 

Sidewalks, shade trees, 
water, gas, electricity 

Free mail delivery 

Ten minutes walk to 
station 





Fairmew Ave. looking toxvard Un on Ave. 



Main Entrance to Creighton Manor 

This beautiful de- 
velopment should 
please the better 
class 

The accompanying 
views show work 
in progress 



Inspection of the 
property and cor- 
respondence in- 
vited. 



CREIGHTON MANOR REALTY CO. 

Main Office, 172 Montague Street, Brooklyn, New York 

TEL. 3365 MAIN 



RAILROAD SERVICE AS A DEVEL- 
OPING FACTOR 

By Elbridge \'axsyckel, Jr. 

BOUND BROOK, in its unique situation between the Watch- 
ung Mountains and the Raritan River, with its topographi- 
cal and geographical advantages, its romantic background of 
Revolutionary history and tradition, is pre-eminently a town of 
homes. And the same is true of its environing cousins. East and 
South Bound Brook. 

Churches of various persuasions, the best schools — grammar 
and high — a public library, public halls, lodges and clubs con- 
tribute to the religious, educational, and social demands of the 
community. But these are not all. An efficient fire department: 
a marshal and constabulary force, gas and electric lights, and ex- 
cellent sewer and drainage systems afiford protection to its citizens 
against fires, disorder, and disease. 

The health of a town was once said to be "so good that old 
persons had to go away to die." This may be putting it rather 
strongly for any place, but Bound Brook would probably come as 
near to this ideal as any other that could be mentioned ; for many 
elderly persons are seen upon our streets. 

Stepping back from the railroad station a block or two toward 
the north the visitor is at once pleased with the prospect: the 
mountains, less than a mile distant, with their bluish tint, the 
Washington camp ground, commanding a view for many miles, 
extensive tracts devoted to golf, ball, and other field sports, and 
particularly the river, here some 400 feet in width, and of corre- 
sponding depth. Upon it launches, pleasure boats, and other craft 
ply in summer, while in winter skating and ice-boating attract 
hundreds of lovers of those sports. 

Delightful drives in all directions over macadam roads with 
ever-changing views of mountains and streams greet the pleasure 
seeker. From mountain top may be seen the highlands of the 
Navesink. Chimney Rock, a place of resort during the summer. 



NEW YORK CHICAGO MONTREAL LONDON 

PHILADELPHIA KANSAS CITY MEXICO CITY PARIS 

BOSTON DENVER HAVANA BERLIN 

ATLANTA MEMPHIS SYDNEY HAMBURG 

The Standard Paint 
Company 




Factory : Bound Brook, N. J. 

i^yi^anufacturers oi 

RUBEROID ROOFING, RUBEROID FLOORING, 
RUBEROID COLORED ROOFING, 
RUBEROID COLORED FLOORING. 

Insulating and Sheathing Papers; Preservative, Damp-proofing 
and Roof Paints, Flexite Metal Preservative Paints, Electrical 
Insulating Tape, Varnishes and Compounds 

General Offices: 100 William Street 

Cable Address : "Ruberoid." Lieber Code 
Factories at Montreal and Hamburg 

Highest Medals and Diplomas 

St. Louis 1904, Charleston 1902, Buffalo 1901, Omaha 1898, Chicago 1893 

Paris 1900-1902-1904, St. Petersburg 1902, Turin 1898, Brussels 1897 

and numerous other expositions in all parts of the world 



is only about a mile to ihc norlhwcsl ami conspicuous in the 
variety of scenery afforded. The Middlebrook, a mountain 
stream, flows far below the rock throuoh leaf}' dell. 

With woods o'crhuiig and shagged with mossy rocks. 

Whence, on each hand, the gnshing waters play. 
And down a rough cascade white dashing fall. 

So the poet has sung and Bound Brookcrs think he did not 
overstate. 

Had it not been for railways, however. Bound Brook would 
have remained in pristine simplicity, but under their influence it 
has become one of the most modern and advancing towns. Noted 
as it is for better railroad facilities than probably any other town 
of equal population in the country, it owes to railroads more than 
it is probably aware of. To say nothing- to the disjiaragement of 
other roads, it is manifestly to the New Jersey Central, as pioneer 
in point of time, the most of our progress is due. 

In view of the unexcelled service, including safety, speed, and 
comfort, which this road has for years afforded and still oft'ers. 
people of character and influence, with business or professional 
interests in the cities have been induced to become permanent 
residents, to their own and the town's mutual advantage. A rail- 
road like the New Jersey Central plays quite as important a part 
as any other factor in the development of a village. 



\\'hat's life in a city? There's no room to spare, 
Men are crowded in corners and scanted of air; 
Too near to be neighbors, too fretful for friends, 
Each man jostles each, as he seeks his own ends. 
There are folk nnderneath yon, and folk overhead. 
And the noise of the street comes to vex you in bed : 
The jangle of car bells, the cab-whistle shrill, 
All the hum and the whirr and the dust of the mill 
That is grinding all day and grows louder at night, 
Conspire against comfort and banish delight. 
Ah, God, for the country — the singing of birds, 
The laughter of children, the lowing of herds, 
Green grass and blue heavens, bright water, clean air. 
And room enough, room enough, room to spare ! 

— The Outlook. 



IF WE SHOW IT, ITS RIGHT -®s 



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^fpRY GOODS.- i^1t^^9.^^//) ; FANCY GOODS." 

THE UNIOUEiEMPORIUM, 

1 NOTIONS: ^^MSft^'^' = NOVELTIES. ,: 



415 East Main Street, 



Next doi.)r to P 



BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



ALFRED A. BILLIAN 
Electrical and Chandelier Contractor 

ELECTRICAL WORK OF ALL 

KINDS PROMPTLY DONE 

AT SHORT NOTICE 

ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN 

107 EAST MAIN STREET 
Bound Brook. N. J. 

L. D. Telephone S-J 



WILLIAM EDGEBTON, 
ru> ERAL Director, 

24 MAIDKX LAN'E 

Bound Brook, X. .1. 



'PnoNE 1.33-L 



ItEslDENCE, 338 MOUNTAIN AVE. 
•Phone 157. 



BELL PHONE No. U-J HOME PHONE No. 17 

JAMES TAGGART 

LIVERY AND BOARDING 

STABLES 

COACHES, COUPES AND 
LIGHT CARRIAGES TO HIRE 

HamiUon St. cor. Second 
Rear of Berkeley Hotel 

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 



JOHN D. GILES 

Dealer in 

Choice Groceries and Provisions 

TEAS, COFFEES 
FLOUR, SPICES 

Specialties : Elgin Creamery Butter 
and Full Cream Cheese 

SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

Telephone Connection 



iteon W. Jiujfour, ^rop. 



THE LEADING HOTEL BETWEEN 
NEW YORK AND EASTON 



Tel. 28 



pounb iBroofe, M. f . 



BATTLE OF BOUND BROOK 

r.y the Rev. T. K. Davis 

Tl W. year of independence, 1776, was closing;- with dark jjros- 
])ects for the vounj;- American Republic. The Briti.sh Army 
was niarcliins' on to Philadelphia with the intention of cap- 
turing- and holdinj;- the ca])ital of the nation. . . . Thus 
gdooniv and discoura^ins^- was the condition when Xew Jersey 
became the battle field of the Revolution. But there soon came 
a turn in the tide of affairs. New recruits in lart^e numbers 
joined the American Army. The battles of Trenton, December 
26: Princeton, January 3; and Weston. January 20, in each of 
which the Americans were victorious, ""ave new hope and vigor 
to the patriots. 

Cornwallis, learning that Washington had secured all the 
boats on the Delaware River, so as to prevent the crossing of 
the British Army in its march to Philadelphia, decided to encamp 
for the winter at New Brunswick. W'ashington took the main 
part of his army, after the battle of Princeton, to their winter quar- 
ters in ]\Iorristown. Somerset County suffered severely during 
this winter from the depredations of the British foraging parties. 
All along the Raritan River, with its tributaries, the ?i[illstone 
and South Branch, were prosperous farmers whose well-filled 
barns and cellars tempted the British soldiers. To shield the 
people along the Raritan Walley from these marauders. Wash- 
ington ordered Gen. Benjamin Lincoln with a force of 500 
American soldiers to guard the Raritan River. Lincoln was 
stationed at Bound Brook, his headquarters being in the house 
of Peter Williamson. A short distance south of this house Lin- 
coln built a block house, in which cannon were placed in a 
position to defend any approach of the enemy by the road leading 
from New Brunswick or the bridge across the Raritan River. 
There were earthworks surrounding this block house. . . . 

It was about ]vLarch i. 1777, that Lincoln with his small 
armv was stationed at Bound I.rook. Gen. Lincoln had a line 



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Ill' patrol, extcndini;- along' the norili bank of the Rarilan River, 
from \'an \'ei;liten's bridge down to the Ijcnd in the river, from 
which a view of the Raritan Landing bridge could be ol)tained. 
The whole line of patrol was live or six miles, and guarded the 
three bridges across the ri\-er, by which the British would be 
likely to cross, in marching to an attack on Washington's army. 
The British Army at New Brunswick consisted of 17,000 men, 
English and Hessians. These troops were under the command 
of Lords Howe and Cornwallis. Fortifications were thrown up 
on the high bank above the river, west of the city, near the present 
location of the Theological Seminary. An important outpost on 
an eminence at Raritan Landing was also erected, from which the 
upper valley of the Raritan could be seen for a long distance. 

The British commander, knowing the importance of Bound 
Brook as a military station, and the small American force defend- 
ing it, planned for its attack and capture. On Saturday night, 
April 1 2th, 1777, between 8 and 9 o'clock, a British force of about 
4,000 soldiers started from New Brunswick for Bound Brook. 
Gen. Lord Cornwallis was in command, with Generals Grant and 
Matthews and Col. Donop. The troops consisted of one battalion 
of grenadiers, one battalion of light infantry, a detachment of 
the guards, the light horse, two battalions of Hessians and the 
Yagers. The expedition was planned and carried out with so 
much secrecy, that the rest of the army and the people of the city 
did not know of it until Sunday morning. Cornwallis divided 
his army into three detachments. One was to cross the bridge 
at Raritan Landing, and march to Bound Brook on the north side 
of the river. The other two detachments were to remain on the 
south side, and march to the attack on the enemy by w^ay of Van 
Veghten's bridge, and South Bound Brook. In marching they 
were to carefully avoid all roads, and move as quietly as possible, 
so as to be unobserved and thus prevent a warning being given 
to the American guards. The plan of Cornwallis evidently was 
to surround the Americans with two detachments of his army, 
thus preventing their escape to the mountains, and with the third 
detachment on the south side of the ri\-er, to capture or destroy 



Last Chance!!! 



BOUND 

BROOK 

PARK 



FULL SIZE 
LOTS 

$75.00 



BOUND BROOK PARK has direct connection with Hudson 
tunnels, which opened on July 19. Prices will be nia- 
teriallv advanced after this sale, and you will be wise and 
Ho well to get in now. 

This delightlul residential park is only 42 minutes from 

New York and has graded streets, sidewalks and shade trees. 

ani is within 3 minutes' walk of the main station of the Jersey 

Central Railroad. Schools, churches, stores, clubs and lodges 

are in the immediate vicinity. You can start the home you have 

dreamed of right now and the rent you are paying will imy it. 

Live in the country, enjoy the pleasures nature aftords 

Everything is here, including boating, bathing and fishing. 

Every Lot Absolutely Guaranteed High. Dry and Level 

Free Deed in Case of Death 

Free Title Policy Guaranteed by N. J. Title & Abstract Co. 



r further p," 



or 'phone 



$2.50 Monthly Secures Any Lot 



The Equator Realty & ImproTement Co. 

Main Office, WORLD BUILDING. Suites SOS-lOg 
G3 Park Row 'Phone 3602— Beekman NVw \»rk 



Bound Brook Wants You. 



If this booklet accomplishes its pur- 
pose it will at least cause you to 
have an interest in Bound Brook as "A Place to Dwell." 

Don't let the matter rest there. You can best keep your interest alive by tak- 
ing a short time subscription with THE CHRONICLE , a newspaper that for more 
than 25 years, under its present management, has stood for everything that could 
possibly tend to make Bound Brook the fittest "place to dwell" within easy commut- 
ing distance of New York. 

Sl.Sn a Year. 75 Cents Six Months. Samples Free. 

Addri.ss W. B. R. MASON, Profirir/or, BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



Water Supply for Country and Suburban Homes 

That is what you want — 

A complete system of water supply for your home 

Every country and suburban home can be provided with all the sanitary conven- 
iences and comfo'rts of the best city water system by having installed a water system 
operated by Windmill, Gasoline Engine. Hot Air Engine or Electric Motor. 

Pumping Outfits are furnished for any requirements, Hand or Power; also Tanks 
and Substructures for factories. 

Let me give you a figure on your needs. Repairing a Specialty. i- ". Phone 120 

J. 0. VAN MIDDLESWORTH 203 West Union Ave. BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



Bushels of Reasons Why Bound Brook Should Be Your Home 

Allover the New lersev Suburban Z.me in v. air interest we traveled and studied towns, raihi. ad 
c-nditinns rates, serviLe. commercial and natural advantaees. and THEN' selected beautiful BOUNL) 
BROOK a the PL.VCE with a QUICK FUTURE. WE S.WV IT FIRST-and CANCON\ l.NCE 
YOU that at PRESENT PRICES the BEST HOME, HE.VLTH and PROFIT making: investment m 
the New York Suburban Zone is located at beautiful 

WATCHUNG VIEW, BEECH WOOD HEIGHTS, EAST BOUND BROOK 

just 3 minutes bv electric cars from depots of Central R. R of N. J., the Philadelphia and ReadinK. the 
Baltimore and O'hio and (for good measure the Lehigh Valley R. R. and the McAdoo Tunnel to New- 
York. 100 trains a day-all thriving on SPEED, and LOW RATES unrirrirs^ T OTS- 

We will do our share bv letting you in on the ground. HlbH— Lb\ EL— ROLKl-t&s LO i » 
each ^5 by 125 feet, close to GREEN BROOK, Gas. Water and Electric Light, from 5100 to >200 per lot. 
10 percent down and S5 per month— or ID p-r cent, discount for cash 30 days. To cap Uus generous 
offer we will GIVE FREE to the first FIFTY BUYERS in SEPTE.MBER a WARRANTY DEED to 
a fine 20x 100 Bungalow lot in Suffolk County. Long Island, worth iiO, just to advertise our holdings, 
and make friends. For free transportation, etc, call, write or telephone— 

LAND AND LIBRARY COMPANY, 32 PARK PLACE, N. Y. 



tliose who might aUcmpt to cross. The expedition was entirely 
successful, as far as the plan of march was concerned. Each de- 
tachment reached its destination without detection, and the sol- 
diers rested on their arms until morning. According to orders, 
the British waited until the American sentries' cry, "All's well," 
was heard and the morning gun had heen fired, and then the two 
detachments simultaneously rushed u|)on them. The guards were 
([uicklv overpowered. Gen. Lincoln and his soldiers were startled 
hv the fierce cry of his sentries, "To arms!" Hastily arising, 
without time for dressing, they made a rapid retreat, passing- 
through the fast enclosing lines of the two detachments of the 
enemy's army, firing a few shots aimlessly as they ran. Had the 
sentries' alarm come only a few minutes later, or had Cornwallis's 
plan for surrounding the Americans been more speedily effected, 
the entire body of the Americans would surely have been captured 
b\- this superior force. It was in fact a very narrow escape from 
total destruction or capture. After reaching the higher ground, 
the Americans made a stand and began a brisk firing, but the 
British line reforming and returning the fire, they were compelled 
to fall back to the mountains in the rear of Bound Brook for 
safety- 

OXE of the most dashing and brilliant exploits in the history of 
Bound Brook during the Revolution was the raid of the 
Queen's Rangers, led by Lieut. Col. John Graves Simcoe, on the 
twenty-sixth of October, 1779. The start was made from Staten 
Island October 25, at eight o'clock, marching to Billop's Point, 
where they crossed to Perth Amboy by boat. It was daybreak 
on the morning of the 26th before this band of cavalry left Perth 
Amboy. Simcoe had a two-fold ol)ject in vie\\' — the capture of 
Governor Livingston, who he thought was at Bound Brook, and 
the destruction of fifty large flat boats at Wan \'eghten's bridge, 
\vhich had been built on the Delaware River and carried over- 
land to the Raritan, that Washington might use them in his attack 
on the Citv of New York, which he was now planning. Bound 
Brook was reached after a rapid march, where the Rangers halted 
for rest and plunder. 




Photos by F. G. Sutton, Bound Brook. 

{}) R. H. Brokaw. (2) /. /. Bach. 



(3) F. Benl. (4) W. W. Smalley. 




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Wadley^ Nurseries 

Landscape Work in All Its Branches 

TREE-MOVING — Latest improved and most powerful tree-moving 
machines, lifting trees 50 to 60 feet in height. 

SPRAYING AND PRUNING— Our sprayers are unique ; they throw 
a mist from 60 to 70 feet in height. Pruning is done by experi- 
enced and competent men. 

STOCK — Largest supply of Evergreens, Flowering Plants, Fruit and 
ornamental Trees. All stock guaranteed fi ee from scale. Write 
for illustrated catalogue. Estimates cheerfully given. 

WAELEY NURSERIES, Bound Brook 



BEECHWOOD HEIGHTS 

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 



An attractive, High Class, Residential Park. 

Fully restricted, one house to a plot. All Plots 100 X 200. 

All improvements. Gas, Water, Electric Lights, Walks, Shade trees. Etc. 

Main line trolley Jersey City to Trenton passes property. 

Near schools and churches, convenient to Railroad stations. 

Bound Brook is served by Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehit;h Valley Rail- 
road and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. 

Seventy trains daily between New York and Bound Brook. Time 55 minutes, in- 
cluding ferry; will be reduced to about 40 minutes when tunnels are completed. 

One of the largest and most comprehensive high grade developments in the vi- 
cinity of New 't'ork; area equal to more than 5,000 city lots. 

Buy for a Home or for investment, cash or terms to suit. 

Will plan and erect a house to suit you or build from your plans. 

High ground, pure air, healthy location on southerly slope of Watchung Moun- 
tains, perfect natural drainage, picturesque surroundings, e.xcellent macadam roads, 
fertile soil. 

FIELD BROS. CEi, HASTINGS 

BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 




Phota.s by J. B. Pardoc. Round Brook. 

Residences of: (1)5. H. Miller. (2) J. V. D. Field. 0) Judge Wall. {^' Milton Knapp 



BOUND BROOK BOARD OF TRADE 

President E. D. LA TOURETTE Secretary— F. L. PUTNEY 
Treasurer-J. G. FISHER 

E^ucition. Addresses and Public First Vice President, Legislation and Sanitation. 

"'=""*'■ R. H. BROKAW L S. Bache. Chairman 
D. Z. Doty. Chairman Gen. O. Harris W. H. Whiting 
J.G.Fisher J.T.Robinson . ■ „. o -j . L. \V. Du Four U. D. Clark. Jr. 
J. 1. Bach Wm. H. Dunham Second Vice President, 

C. C. RAWLINGS 

,,..,, „ Manufactures and Commerce. 
Municipal Improvements, btreets. 

Ror.ds and Bridges. Directors, W. \V. Smalley, Chairman 
, ,. x^ T-- , J ,., ■ ^wnr^^w m. I. .««.,T.f- Peter Koehler Hilton Knapp 

J- V. D. Field "•--'"." GEORGE M. LA MONTE ,,^^,^ ^^^^,^^^ ^ ^ y„,,^„ 

F. S. Greene C E. Sherm Qf^nj^ HOFFMAN 
S.H.Miller A. V. D. Staats raNSOMLAMB 

CHARLES H. LIBBEY Transportation. Railroads, Tele- 
Statistics and Publication. graph and Telephone. 

W. B. R. Mason, Chairman jji Herbert Howard. Chairman 
O. M. Franke F. H. Hickman I. S. Whitinff A. C. Thomae 
E. H. Ca.sterlin William Lair H. F. Gillespie Runyon Field 

MEETS THIRD WEDNESDAY EVENING OF EACH MONTH 

A copy of this book may be secured by applying to Board of Trade 


Just a Word 

If you've got something Big 
in the Printing Line you natu- 
rally want an Experienced 
Man to handle it. Doesn't 
make a particle of difference 
whether it embraces Design- 
ing, Illustrating, Compiling 
or Editing, I am always look- 
ing for business and won't 
dodge. 

BEDFORD CODRINGTON 

WITH NATION PRESS 

20 Vesey Street New York City 

Caution .-—Give your local printer the work his 
facilities enable him to handle satisfactorily. 
I'm after the business he can't do — and I'm 
getting it. 


IHE ANNEX 

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT 

J. J. MAURER, Proptictor 

BOUND BROOK, N. J. 


MEALS AT ALL HOURS 


Solomon Gillespie 

Tinning, Plumbing and Heating 


REPAIRING A SPECIALTY 

418 East Main Street 
BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 



ESTABLISHED 1890 

pounb piooU ^tatc Centte-i^ecoib 

D. D. CLARK. JR.. Editor and Proprietor 

35 pounb proob'S J^ome ^aper 

Published everv Friday. Contains all the news of Bound Brook and Somerset County. 
Only $1 OOperyear delivered at your door. The best advertising- medium in the county. 
3Iolj i)3rintmB jDcpartmcnt is complete in every detail. Call and see samples and let 
us estimate on your work. No job too large or too small. 

©fCice:— jWaiiiEn Haiie, near iWain Street 



g'**^5.w-a»'?ftWyi^ 



Dear Nephew: 

I have in use in my navy 
Ten Thousand, Two Hundred 
and Ninety-eight Bound Brook 
Graphite and Bronze Bearings 
that require no oil or greaEC. 



They cost me about twenty thousand 
dollars and it was money well spent. 

Russ a and Japan are using them — that 
sounds good to me. Write the 

Graphite Lubricating Company 

Bound Brook, New Jersey 

about it — they make the genuine " Bound 
Brook" Bushings. 

Yours Truly, Uncle Sam 

P.S. — My Merchant Marine and Manufacturers are Using Millions 
of These Bearings 




The Bound Brook Building Loan Association 

(^ Established 1887 i 

OFFERS exceptional opportunities to all who desire to save money regularly every 
month and at ths same time have it earning a good income. 

The Association is also of great assistance in helping its members acquire 
homes of their own, at little more expense, if any, than their rent would be. 
Many a man owes his financial start in life to this institution. 
Why not let it aid you ? 
W. B. R. MASON, President \V. W. SMALLEV, Vice-President 

H. G. HERBERT, Secretary R. H. BROKAW, Treasurer 



HISTORICAL BOUND BROOK 

r.y llvj Ri:\-. r. !•:. Davis. 

B()L'XI) l'>l\()()K aj^'ain occupied an inipDrtant place in tlic 
War of the Revolution when W ashinglon. with the main 
Iwdv of American forces, encamjjed on the elevation of ground 
overlookiui;' tiie \'illa,yx' of rxnmd i'.rijok, and onl}- a mile di■^tant. 
Here an excellent view n\ the \'alley of the Raritan could he oh- 
tained.and from the true "Washington Rock"' on the summit 
of the hill, all the movements of the enemy at Xew llrnnswick 
could 1)6 seen. 

The American Army came from Morristown May _'S. 1777, 
and ])itched their tents on tlie Middlehrook. The enlire army 
numhered 8.30^^. including cavalry, artillery and infantry. Of 
these. 2,660 were sick or disahled. so the real strength of the 
armv was only 5,738 men. 

The lirst encampment was on the west Itranch of the [Middle- 
brook, in what is called W'ashington \'alley. between the first and 
second range of mountains. Three forts guarded this valley 
from anv rear attack by the enemy. One of these forts, still 
carefullv preserved, mav l)e seen on the farm and near the home 
of Mr. Kennedy Bolmer. 

Washington remained with his army in this valley onl\- seven- 
teen davs. moving on [une 14 to the south side of the mountain, 
where he took tip a very strong position on the elevated ground 
in full view of the British. It was his intention to make a strong 
line of fortifications here, but on June 30 Lord How^e with the 
British Army retreated from New Jersey to Staten Island, and 
two days after, on July 2, Washington moved his army to Pomp- 
ton Plains. 

Bound Brook was again the scene of military excitement, 
though of a far less dangerous character, when in May. 1779. 
it was visited Iw General [Maxwell's brigade of Xew Jersey 
soldiers. While encamped in the rear of Bound Brook, Wash- 
ington completed his plans for a campaign against the Indians 
in Pennsvlvania. 




Plwlos hij F a. Siillvn. nmmd Brook. 

(I) R. C. Parochial School. 



(2) Pierce School. (3) Public Library. 




Photos Dl/ F. O. f-ullon, Bnutul Ilm,,!;. 

(I ) South Bound Brook School. (2) IVcshinglon High School. (3) Lafayette School. 



Phone 9-R Bound Brook 



AVILLIAM GREASHEIMER 



WEST END HOTEL 



BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY 

ALSO FARMS, SUBURBAN RESIDENCES AND COUNTRY HOMES 



CLARKHURST FARMS 



HIGH GRADE 

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CERTIFIED 

r^AT^T^ii7 MILK 

CATTLE 



BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



LaRUE CS, BRO. 

DEALERS IN 

Gentlemen's Furnishings, Shoes, Hats, 

Clothing, Etc. 

BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



A CONSERVATIVE GROWTH AND 
ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS 

By Carroll C. Raw i.ings. 

BOUXD BROOK lies ui)on iIk' fooihills running; up from the 
Raritan River a distance of some two miles to the bottom of 
W'atchung- Mountain rang-e, wliicli rises with a picturesque sky 
line to a considerable elevation and se])arales the Raritan from 
Washington Valley. At the most commanding point on this 
range and immediately Ixick-of Bound Brook is the historical s]X)t 
"Washington's Camp Ground," the ownershij) of which is vested 
in a local patriotic society, ^^'hatever else may be said about the 
town it has the |)rou(l distinction oi" being the onl}- "Bound Brook" 
on the face of the earth. 

As to the place itself, it is no "mushroom" town, for it was 
"Bound Brook" in the days of the Revolutionary War. It has 
within the past quarter of a century become modernized and has 
taken to itself some of the airs and graces befitting a metropolitan 
suburlj — but there continues enough pleasant suggestion of the 
olden days of greater deliberation and nice dignity to make one 
feel that the old is not lost altogether in the new. so that its natural 
advantages of healthfulness. climate, landscape, as well as the 
attractiveness of its improvements have each in turn served as a 
maenet to draw an e\-er increasing number of Xew York and 
Brooklyn people to the place in search of homes, so that to-da>- 
there is a population of betw-een four and five thousand, including 
hundreds of Jersey Central commuters. 

One of the most suggestive and significant things about 
Bound Brook's make-up is that so many of its residents are people 
W'ho after having spent a few weeks or a summer boarding in the 
town or at some one of the numerous attractive farm houses or 
boarding houses in the vicinity have fallen in love with the neigh- 
borhood and come back the next year to settle down to live. In 
other words, the place seems to possess a power to advertise itself. 



R. A. ROSS COMPANY 

Builders' Supplies 

Sash, Blinds, Doors, Mouldings, Scroll Work, 

Columns, Window and Door Frames, Interior 

Trimmings, Plain and Ornamental Glass 

Hard Wood Flooring a Specialty 
SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

Bell Telephone 26-R 
Home Telephone 110-A 



T. F. WILLIAMS 

PLUMBING 
HEATING 
TINNING 

2nd St. and Maiden Lane 
Bound Brook, N. J. 



Established 1890 



WM. SCHURE 



BAKER AND ICE CREAM 
MANUFACTURER 

109 East Main Street 
BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



We try to have what you want and 
give you what you ask for. 

FETTERLY & LOREE 



The Druggists 



TWO STORES 
BOUND BROOK SOMERVILLE 
411 East Main St. 0pp. 1st Natl. Bank 



Tel. 1837 Chelsea 



Tel. 76 Bound Brook 

AUGUST F. WINBERG MFG. CO. 

:Mamifactiirers un'i Patentee^ o! 

I mproved Awning Construction 
522 HUDSON STREET, Nr io.hs,.N y 
and BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

All kinds o£ Awnings for Country Residences. 

Ter.ts. Canopies, Chairs. Tables, Camp 
Stools, Hat Racks, etc.. For Hire. 



Dr. H. D. POWELSON 
Bental burgeon 

OFFICE : 

108 HAMILTON STREET 

Second Floor 

First National Bank Building 

L. D. Tel.83-L 
BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



H. 8. WARA\ ICK 

Builder of 

Fire Apparatus. Business 

Wagons 

Horse Shoeing, Auto 
Forgings 



:MA1N ST., REAR OF P. O. 

BOUND BROOK 



A. H. TIEDEMANN 

(3vocev7 

Noted for;Best ValueTin] 

TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES 

Elgin Creamery Butter 

a Specialty 

405 MAIN STREET 

Bound Brook, N. J. 



While ihc town, therefore, has never l)een Ixmined in the 
stereotyped wa\-, its growth has been steady and continuous, and 
has therefore been substantial, also with respect to the character 
of its iniprovements, public buildings, paved streets, water supply, 
sewage disposal, electric lighting, lire department, police, etc.. 
it has been no less substantial and fortunate in the quality of its 
inhabitants. 

While there are not a few families of wealili and many more 
who own their own homes and are most admirably situated — 
professional and business men, local as well as comnutters, there 
are many prosperous skilled mechanics who tind Bound Brook 
"a place fit to live in," and it would be hard to find any community 
where there exists a finer spirit of general good will and cordial 
fraternal relations among the people at large. This is notably 
so in respect to the manner in which the various churches har- 
monize and work together, and the willingness to co-operate and 
contribute mutual support to all the institutions and interests of 
the community permeates the entire social fabric to a marked 
degree. This is one of the reasons why people like to come to 
Bound Brook and settle down and live in such an agreeable 
atmosphere rather than experiment elsewhere. 

As to the practical points of attraction it may first be said 
that next to the city of Elizabeth no other town in New Jersey 
possesses such admirable railroad facilities as Bound Brook. 
Hourly fast trains to Xew York and I^hiladelphia, cheap commu- 
tation and trip-ticket rates, and some of the trains making the 
run between Bound Brook and New York, a distance of thirty- 
one miles, in fifty-five minutes. When to these facts is added the 
statement that no railroad out of New York compares with the 
Jersey Central in the attractiveness and solid comfort both of 
roadbed and cars — it may be seen that convenience, ease and speed 
are fully realized. 

Then there is the charming Raritan River which winds its 
serpentine course right through the town and upon whose placid 
waters the launches, row boats and canoes of the Bound Brook 
Boat Club give life and gaiety to the scene from May to October. 



REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 

THOMAS D. VAN SYCKEL 

401 East Main St., 

Beautiful Suburban Homes g^y^^j Bi-qq^ N J Insurance in all its 

Country Kstates and ' ' ' Branches. Notary Pub- 
Splendid Farms ^" , He. Commissioner of 

„ „ , J D . f'2 VVilliam St., t^ /i^ 

For Sale and Rent Deeds 

New York City 
Money Loaned on Bond and Mortgage 



J. J. MAIER 

DEALER IN 




Wagons, Carriages and Agricultural 
Implements 

ENGINES, FERTILIZERS, CAST IRON PIPE, ETC. 

Strout's Real Estate Agency 

SOLE AGENT MILBURN WAGONS 
Long Distance 'Phone 70 Bound Brook, N. J. 

BOUND BROOK SUPPLY COMPANY 

JOHN P. KOEHLER, Manager 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

COAL. FEED, FLOUR, HAY, STRAW, FERTI- 
LIZER, BRICK. LIME, CEMENT and STONE 

34 \A/'est Main Street, BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

Phones— Bell. 9-J. Home, 174. 



while llic river and canal in ihc winter lime offer ideal fields for 
skating. 

There are nnniemns and attractive homes in the town and 
others cciualh worth seeing in the outlying suburbs, and they are 
mentioned here not to he invidious, hut as a basis for the question. 
"If the owners of these homes lind Bound Brook attractive enough 
to draw them to it why should not the reader of this sketch feel 
inclined to investigate?" 

Notable among these places may l)e menlionetl "'riie Ever- 
greens," the home of the Hon. George La Monte; "'Littlegrange," 
the residence of George M. La Monte, both on West High Street : 
"Mountain A'iew," the extensive and beautiful mansion erected 
on West L'nion Avenue by the late Commodore William B. Robe- 
son ; the equally beautiful and palatial town residence of Robert 
S. Kelso, as well as the commodious and imposing house of 
Samuel H. Miller, Cashier of the Chase National Bank of New 
York. In the other direction, running down the river from Bound 
Brook, the improvements made in the last two or three years have 
been remarkable. 

On the west side of the river two superb residences have 
been completed, one that of C. E. Sherin, the other that finished 
and occupied last summer by George Sweeney, proprietor of the 
Hotel Victoria and the Marlborough Hotel. New York City, while 
on the east side of the Raritan, on the line of the trolley leading to 
New Brunswick, the most conspicuous is the famous property 
known as "River Rest," owned and occupied the year around b>- 
Edward P. Bryan. Adjacent to it is "River Bend," the pretty 
home of J. xAugustus Smith, merchant and Mce-President of the 
First National Bank, Plainfield. Immediately south of that is the 
Bound Brook Boat Club house, while next is "River-Lawn," the 
residence of C. C. Rawlings. Further on is the extensive farm 
"Longacres," of J. H. Hendricks: then comes "Park View," the 
newly completed and elaborate house and grounds of Edward H. 
Radel, former President of the New Jersey Trolle_\- System, and 
now Vice-President of the Bound Brook National Bank, adjacent 
to which is the handsome residence of Benjamin B. Field, and 
opposite that, with ample river frontage, is Riverside Park. 



NEW BOUND BROOK 




Restricted 
Property 



All 
Improvements 



We have several houses like the above for sale at from 
$3200 to $3875. We are about to make a specialty of building 
bungalows to order, and selling them upon easy terms. Write 
for particulars to HUGH C. PIERCE, Bound Brook, N. J. 




AMERICAN 
ENGINE 
'' COMPANY 



BUILDERS OF 



AMERICAN - BALL 
ENGINES 



Simple and Compound 



and 



Electrical Machinery 



BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



OLD AND NEW IN ONE CORNER 
OF SOMERSET COUNTY 

By Mrs. Klizabktii 1). il. Stkvkiik 

IN the northern part of New Jersey, two little streams rise from 
the same source or within a very short distance of each other, 
and wandering in different directions, finally tmite to form the 
Raritan River. Seven or eight miles from this union, the river, 
winding through a heautiful countr_\-, runs toward the W'atchung 
range, and although over a mile away, viewed from a little dis- 
tance, it appears to run almost at the base of the niduntain. 

Such is the view which one gets in approaching Botmd Brook, 
via a Central Railroad train, or coming up from New Brunswick 
by the trolley. Some years back. Bound Brook (so named from 
the boundar}- brook ) was one of the conservative places where 
fczv commtiters dwelt, btit the majority of the inhabitants were 
merchants, farmers or tradespeople. Now there are factories, 
and two banks, while many suburbanites daily take the comfort- 
able and speedy trains to New York for business — returning in 
one hour or less to a healthful, beautiful home. 

Bound Brook is particularly adapted to families with young 
children. The schools are fine, especially in the principal borough 
of Bound Brook. The town has ex]:)anded across the Raritan so 
a borough of South Bound Brook has been formed. This is not 
at all new, howexer, for one of the houses was the headquarters 
of Baron Stetiben, and one is shown Lafayette's chau- and Wash- 
ington's cup (or vice versa, as the w^riter forgets which used 
which article) when visiting this old revolutionary homestead. 
Then across Green Brook, and in another county, is another good 
sized suburb of Bound Brook, called East Bound Brook, not yet 
a borough, but attractive and convenient, with all public utilities. 

After a residence of twelve years in Bound Brook, it is with 
great satisfaction I recall the home — simple, but roomv, with 
beautiful lawn, plots for flowers, and a spacious garden, where 
most delicious vegetables and fruits were raised, walnut trees just 



Mortgage Loans 
Negotiated 

Fire Insurance 
all Leading 
Companies 

Property and 

Fire Losses 

Appraised 



CENTRAL N. J. REALTY CO. 



250 Bargains in Farms, Lots, 
Plots, Borotig-h Homes, Fac- 
tories, Factory Sites and De- 
velopment Properties : : 



409 EAST MAIN ST., 
BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



We have associ- 
ated with us 
C. H. WILSON, 

a builder of 25 
years' experience. 

Estimates given 

for all Branches 

of Building 



Yard on Delaware la, Raritan Canal, All Shipments must be via 

opposite the Lock. L. V. R. R. Delivery 



P. J. STAATS 



Lumber, Building Materials, 
Coal and Mill Work 



BOUND BROOK, N.J. 



JACOB BYER 



DEALER IN 

HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS 
SPORTING GOODS 

Wood and \A^illow Ware, Stationery and Music, Enamel and Nickel Ware, Crockery and 

Tinware. Table Oilcloth and Linoleum, Lamps and Lamp Chimneys, Pocket 

Cutlery and Shears, Ink, Paste and Mucilage, Souvenir Post Cards. 

WINDOW SHADES A SPECIALTY 

302 EAST MAIN STREET OPP. MAIDEN LANE BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



coming- into l)earing- and a liulc chicken run, where a dozen Ply- 
mouth Rocks kei)t the I'amily of four more than sn])])lied with 
eggs, save in the coldest weather, when possibly economy had to 
be exercised in the number used. Such eggs are not to l)e had 
excepting- for fabulous sums, for the flavor of an egg laid by a 
chicken, kept in a clean, wholesome place, with nice, clean food 
is very different from the usual egg of commerce — no matter how 
fresh. It spoils one for ordinary markets to have such luxuries. 
One never gets peas and asparagus to taste like the home-grown, 
and asparagus growing at five o'clock in the afternoon and on the 
table at six-thirty is as different from market asparagus as an 
orange ripened on the tree and eaten at once, or a peach mellowed 
in the sunshine of the orchard. 

Bound Brook is essentially a town of moderate priced homes, 
the demand for hottses being much greater than the supply. Yet 
it is in such close proximity to Somerville and Plainheld by rail 
road, trolley or macadam highways, and New Brunswick by an 
electric line and two fine roads, on either side of the river, that 
what the markets and merchants of the town cannot su]iply, can 
easily be procured in one of these environs. 

Reference has been made to historical places in Bound Brook, 
and apropos of this, one of the oldest Presbyterian church organi 
zations in America is the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. It 
was established under a charter and is still run under the pro- 
visions of that instrument. The old church building was burned 
by ivater, in 1896, for water set fire to lime in the lumber yard and 
the sparks flew into the belfry of the clnirch and ignited it. en- 
tirely destroying the structure. The old church was situated some 
distance from the main street and had two rows of trees along the 
walk, making a cool, restful approach to the front door. The new 
edifice is in the most central part of the town and the old site is 
now occupied by places of bttsiness, the trolley passing through 
both streets. 

This one fact would illustrate i)ossil)ly more forcibly than 
anything the advance the borotigh has made from the conserva- 
tive days of the past. 



J. E. RUTT 

(.Opposite Central Railroad Depot.) 

Groceries, Dry Goods, Bedding and General Merchan- 
dise. Agent Ostermoor Felt Mattresses. 



TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 



BOUND BROOK, N. J. 



WM. W. SMALLEY, President H. L. MOORE, Sec. and Treas. 



L. D. COOK COMPANY 

Lumber Dealers 

A Full Assortment of 

Lumber, Timber, Shingles, Coal and 
Masons' Material 



Be.. Telephone .7 = L BOUND BROOK, N. J. 

Loca. Te.ephone 1. ,^^^ -^ •. ■• .^ .^.-^ , 



Home Telephone No. 31 L. D. Telephone No. 30-J 

ELMERJ.MUNDY 

Dealer in 

Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain, Coal and Lime, Agricultural Imple- 
ments, Fertilizers, Manure. Etc. Harvesting Machinery. 

MAIN STREET, Foot Mountain Avenue 

BOUND BROOK, N.J. 



FROM AN INDUSTRIAL 
STANDPOINT 

I'.y W. 11. R. MasOxX 

/\ I.THOUGH Bound lirook is one of the oldest of New Jersey 
-^ *- towns, its commercial importance may be said to date hack 
<inl\ to iiS/G, in which year the Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad 
was completed, givini;' a com[)elini;' mute l)etween New York and 
Philadelphia, and the Lehigh X'alley's extension was built from 
Easton to Amboy, with a New ^'urk connection oxer the Pennsyl- 
vania road. 

Henry P. Einstein was one of the first to see the importance 
of this point, and he located the Bound Brook Woolen Mills here. 
The Graphite Lubricating Company, the Standard Paint Com- 
])any, the American Engine Company, Pathe Ereres, and the 
Lincoln Waterproof Cloth Co., all large industries, giving employ- 
ment to many hundred skilled mechanics, are now our principal 
industries, whose products are known around the world. With 
such excellent shipping facilities by rail over the Central of New 
Jersey, the Philadelphia & Reading, Lehigh A^alley, and Balti- 
more & Ohio roads, as well as the Delaware and Raritan Canal, 
Bound Brook is an industrial center that is certain to increase in 
importance as its advantages become better known. 

The employees of these shops are an industrious class of men, 
and a great many of them are thrifty, owning the homes they 
occupy, through the opportunity aflForded by the Bound Brook 
Building Loan Association, which has helped thousands. 

Indeed, the good work done l)v this association is by no 
means confined to our machinists, mechanics and laboring men. 
The New York commuter, who is quite a factor in the social life 
of the town, has a large interest in the Building Loan Association, 
and many of the more pretentious of our detached homes, sur- 
rounded with prettv grounds, have been secured by this means. 

There is room here for manv more commuters as well as for 
additional industries. Our train facilities are of the best, the 



conmnitation rate is low, and now that the Jersey City tube is a 
practical reality Bound Brook residents can go to New York 
(via the Lehigh \^alley road) without the delay of ferry travel. 

Bound Brook is particularly fa\ored with an abundance of 
good factory sites. \\'ith the Xew Jersey Central, Lehigh Val- 
ley, Reading and Baltimore & ( Jhio roads, nearly tVmr miles of 
frontage are availaljle, and the owners are prepared to deal very 
liberally with reliable concerns. The Delaware and Raritan 
Canal affords a water connection with both Philadelphia and 
New York, and several steamers make regular trips daily. 
The proposal on foot to convert this water route into a 
ship canal will make it a powerful element in the future develop- 
ment of the country on its borders. In the matter of labor. Bound 
Brook itself can supply a goodly number of people, while within 
half an hour's trolley ride lie Somerville and Raritan to the west, 
New Brunswick to the south, and Dunellen and Plainfield to the 
east, with a combined population of 100,000 people. 

Local capitalists are prepared to build all the houses for work- 
ing people to meet any denianfl, which will lie rented or sold on 
^'ery easy terms. 

Our Board of Trade is organized not only to increase oiir 
growth and population, but to enlarge the public spirit of our 
citizens and to induce them to take their share in securing the 
progress which adds not only to our civic pride, but also increases 
the wealth and prosperity of our citizens, whose business and 
property are inipro\ed by the growth in population brought about 
bv the efforts of this organization. 

Tt will be a far day before the end of our progress is in 
sight, and with the impetus given b\- our public spirit we may look 
for great accomplishments. Our splendid situation for indus 
tries of e\-ery class, our proximity to raw materials and cheap 
fuel, our location on the three great trunk lines of the Lehigh 
Valley, the Reading and the Baltimore & Ohio systems, our en- 
larged banking capital, our unexcelled healthful location and our 
most beautiful town, make Bound Brook a really delightful home, 
where everv comfort can lie had. 



rCCPY. DHl.. 'O CAT. OIV. 

NOV 9 1909 



PATHE FRERES 



The Largest 
Manufacturers of 



MOVING PICTURES 



Three Million Feet Printed Daily 



OFFICES 


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Budapest 


New York 


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Odessa 


Calcutta 


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Chicago 


Rio de Janeiro 


Havana 


Rostov 


Hong Kong 


Shanghai 


Kiev 


Singapore 


London 


Stockholm 


Madrid 


Varsovie 


Mexico 


Vienna 



FACTORIES 

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